Chapter 40 South Africa Battlefield

Mustanfa is really going crazy!

He can accept that the seemingly powerful al-Qaeda was reduced to a street rat by the United Nations forces after the 9/11 incident; he can accept that the US and British special forces rampaged through Afghanistan and took just one month to break into the country.

The capital of Afghanistan.

He can accept all this because the United States, known as the "world police", is indeed very strong! Whether it is military, economic, national strength, or technology, they are by no means an armed force gathered by religious fanaticism.

The organization can match it. So to this day, Mustanfa is proud that he has been "fighting" with the United States for more than fifteen years and is still alive.

However, Mustanfa really did not take China seriously.

You must know that the East Turkestan terrorists in China are just followers of Al Qaeda. After "visiting" Mr. Muladin, the top leader of the East Turkestan organization swore on the spot to obey Mr. Muladin's leadership and follow the operational rhythm of Al Qaeda.

, it is because of this pledge of allegiance that the East Turkistan Organization received a large amount of material and weapons assistance from Mr. Muladin, and it slowly got back on its feet. In this case, when it comes to China, Mustanfa will always have a

An incomprehensible, yet real sense of superiority.

The battle that took place far away in South Africa started in the early morning of a certain day two months ago.

Mustanfa has assembled more than 8,000 fully armed mercenaries and religious fanatics. They even have combat capabilities, tanks, armored vehicles and tanks. Although the personnel and equipment are diverse, in terms of the number of personnel and weapons and equipment, Mustanfa has

The command can already be said to be an army!

They were strong and powerful, and had received information from within the "Oriental Haiyan" in advance. They launched a surprise attack on the "Oriental Haiyan" mercenary group. They had the upper hand from the beginning, cutting off all external communication channels of the "Oriental Haiyan", forming a

The momentum of encirclement.

In such a situation where the war situation was promising and he still felt contempt, on the second day of the war, Mustanfa confidently declared to the organization that it would only take him three days at most to end this war led by Al Qaeda.

Dominant jihad.

As a result, the war has lasted for more than sixty days now and is not over yet!

With continuous reinforcements, the total number of troops they have put into the battlefield has exceeded 10,000. Although the Dongfang Haiyan mercenary organization should have run out of ammunition and food, and the army has no fighting spirit, they are still fighting! Those Chinese veterans are like

They are devils who will not die at all and cannot feel pain. They lie quietly in the bunker, among the corpses, hiding behind the houses that have been bombed into ruins, and let the volley of artillery pour shells over their heads.

, they remained motionless until the "joint force", under the cover of tanks and armored vehicles, sang all kinds of strange and colorful war songs, and once again stepped into this land that had been completely scorched by the flames of war, they would slightly narrow their eyes.

He raised his eyes and locked the enemy in front of him through the scope on his rifle.

In order to save bullets and ensure that every bullet can destroy an enemy, these Chinese soldiers will not fire at the command of the commander until the target is fifteen meters in front of them. This is because the combat distance between the two sides is very real.

Too close, almost every day, the most brutal hand-to-hand fighting will break out on the battlefield. Almost every day, those religious fanatics will see seriously injured Chinese soldiers holding their comrades and firing grenades on their waists.

In comparison, those Chinese soldiers were crazier, hotter, wilder, and more than ten times crazier than them!

What upset Mustanfa the most was that five days ago, "J" within their organization, who was responsible for fund raising, material allocation and diplomatic work, died unexpectedly in the UK. In other words, since five days ago,

From the beginning, their "joint force" could no longer obtain the continuous supply of weapons as before, let alone new mercenaries reporting to the commander-in-chief at any time.

"Humph, one general is really incompetent and the three armies are exhausted!"

This is Jin Zexi’s most direct evaluation of the South African battlefield and Mustanfa, “He really believed that during the eight years of the Anti-Japanese War, the three years of the Liberation War, and the three years of the War of Resistance against U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea, the Chinese army had faced far more military strength every time.

Every time a powerful enemy surpasses us and loses air superiority, we are beaten hard by the opponent, but we still win in the end. Is it because of so-called luck?"

In front of Jin Zexi, what was placed was a sand table based on the South African battlefield. Looking at this sand table that represented the entire battle situation, Dongfang Haiyan, led by Hai Qingwu, lost almost all their strength at the beginning of the battle.

On the periphery, only their main base, which was expanded based on a section of underground air raid shelters, remained.

"Haiqingwu is indeed a super genius who can break out of the 'rules' in school." Jin Zexi did not hide his admiration for Haiqingwu in his eyes, "Things happened in a hurry, and spies appeared inside. As soon as the battle started,

She lost all her surroundings, leaving only the final master

The base seemed to be undefendable, but she was able to make a prompt decision. On the one hand, she ordered her general Lei Hongfei to set up layers of defenses to slow down the enemy's offensive. On the other hand, she commanded the non-combatants in the base to work overnight. Relying on the main base,

A large honeycomb array has been set up outside!"

The "honeycomb array" mentioned by Jin Zexi actually refers to foxholes!

As Jin Zexi said, the Chinese army has gone through eight years of the War of Resistance Against Japan, three years of the War of Liberation, and three years of resisting U.S. aggression and aiding Korea. No matter which war they faced, they faced powerful enemies whose weapons were far superior to their own. They wanted to win.

You must learn how to survive under the enemy's torrential firepower. In this case, the Chinese army, which is getting stronger and stronger as it fights, can be said to be the best in the world in terms of its civil engineering capabilities and its ability to set up bunkers!

Domestic military enthusiasts always like to go to forums and use their theoretical knowledge to argue with each other. Some of them talk about whether these things, such as machine gun bunkers and foxholes, can still look like they did during World War II.

Just as useful.

The vast majority of military enthusiasts believe that bunkers and foxholes can still play a certain role in mountainous areas, but have lost their effectiveness in plain areas. The reason is very simple. Modern warfare and fire coverage capabilities are the second

Dozens of times that during the world war, not to mention high-precision guided weapons, even ordinary weapons

After discovering a bunker or a foxhole, an ordinary infantry squad can also directly use grenades, rocket launchers, flamethrowers, or even snipers to directly eliminate the target at medium and long distances. Therefore, whether it is a machine gun bunker or a foxhole

, the role it can play in modern warfare is far less than that of Xi.

These theoretical experts are not wrong, but after all, they are not professional soldiers who have experienced hundreds of battles. Their knowledge is limited, and it is difficult for them to consider that if bunkers, foxholes, and trenches can be combined,

What will it look like if these three seemingly outdated civil engineering projects are integrated into one?

The most important thing is that as an excellent commander, you must learn to adapt to the changing circumstances. In their minds, there are only "effective" and "ineffective" tactics, and there is absolutely no distinction between "outdated" and "fashionable"!

After a night of fighting, when Lei Hongfei led his troops to retreat, more than 400 foxholes had been dug overnight outside the main base!

There are 350 single-person foxholes, fifty double-person foxholes scattered around the main base, and thirty ring-shaped bunkers. Single-person foxholes are, of course, where one person hides.

Once inside, you can directly use your rifle to launch a counterattack against the invading enemy; on the one hand, the two-person foxhole allows two people to take turns to rest during night vigilance; on the other hand, you can set up heavy machine guns to form a fire support point; and those ring-shaped bunkers

, which is to dig a three-meter-diameter pit underground, allowing three people to stay in it at the same time and set up a mortar!

In other words, these more than 400 foxholes include rifles, heavy machine guns, artillery, and a trinity fire defense network combination.

These paratrooper pits, one every fifteen meters, form a dense protective net outside the main base.

When the sun rose the next day, I finally saw everything in front of me. Faced with this kind of defensive tactics that had been promoted by the armies of various countries in World War II but was now obviously out of date, those who had experienced it all

The mercenaries who fought were all stunned.

That's right, in the face of increasingly powerful modern heavy weapons, the protection of individual soldier pits is obviously insufficient. To use a simple analogy, as long as a heavy artillery shell with a caliber of more than 200 mm hits the enemy on the opposite side,

On the position, within a range of 35 meters, not to mention hiding in a foxhole, even if you are hiding in a machine gun bunker made of reinforced concrete, you will be killed by the shock wave caused by the explosion of the artillery shell!

As long as they use large-caliber artillery of more than 200 millimeters to slowly bombard the Chinese soldiers' defense lines, sooner or later their entire army will be annihilated.

But think about it, who are the people in these "joint forces".

As mercenaries, their individual weapons are very sophisticated and they have rich experience in actual combat. When necessary, they will also pay to hire armed helicopters, but these expensive equipment are generally used for them.

The pick-up and drop-off personnel rarely engage in actual combat. Otherwise, letting the enemy shoot down one of them on the battlefield will be enough to lose everything. In this case, it is certainly impossible for them to take a few gate artillery with them and cause chaos around the world.

run.

Those terrorists and anti-China organizations are simply a bunch of loose sand. After receiving paramilitary training for three months in a terrorist training camp, they dare to claim to be the most heroic warriors and carry an AK rifle to the battlefield. Hope.

They are equipped with large-caliber artillery or heavy bombers... Please, ask the United States first if they are willing!

During the second day of the critical battle, almost all the mercenaries tried their best to refuse to fight. Mustanfa, who thought he had a chance to win, was dazzled by the victory in the night raid. On the one hand, he cursed these mercenaries in his heart.

The soldiers were all cowards who were paid but had no effort. They were all cowards. Without any shame, they gave orders to their direct subordinates to launch a general attack and try to end the battle that day.

Small-caliber artillery, unless the shells directly hit the foxholes, otherwise it is impossible to cause any fatal damage to the Chinese soldiers who are nestled inside and remain motionless. The fighter jets show off their power in the air and look very dazzling.

, but the F14 fighter jet, such an old antique, can still fly into the air, which is already a miracle in itself. It lacks enough parts and necessary long-term support for the weapon system. The role they can play, apart from the visual impact,

Apart from the psychological shock, the actual effect is pitifully small.

Therefore, after all the calculations, the most effective weapons in Mustanfa's hands should be the eleven T80 main battle tanks they bought in South Africa through Ukrainian arms dealers.

Frankly speaking, the T80 tank designed and manufactured under the theoretical guidance of the former Soviet Union's "simplicity is beautiful" is indeed a very powerful land warfare weapon. This tank weighs a full 46 tons and is equipped with a 125mm

The smoothbore cannon can fire eight shells per minute. It can also hit enemy defenses at a speed of 70 kilometers per hour.

The most terrifying thing is that this kind of tank uses a composite armor plate on the front. The outermost layer is a steel plate, the middle is fiberglass and steel plates, and the inner lining is made of non-metallic materials. Not counting the internal lining, it is just steel plates and glass.

The fiber is only 200 millimeters thick. Not to mention, reactive armor is also installed on the body of the T80 tank.

This kind of reactive armor has explosive blocks installed inside. Once a shell hits the tank body, the explosives in the reactive armor will explode, using an explosion shock wave to withstand the shock wave caused by the shell explosion.

Adding all these defenses together, the frontal defense of the T80 tank is equivalent to a thousand millimeters of homogeneous steel armor. In other words, if you want to penetrate the armor plate of the T80 tank from the front, you must use

A super weapon that can penetrate one meter thick steel plate!

The "United Army" commanded by Mustanfa lacks large-caliber heavy artillery. Similarly, the "Oriental Haiyan" led by Hai Qingwu is not a regular army, and they do not have weapons that can directly destroy the T80 main battle tank! The face has been attacked from all directions.

With the joint forces surrounding them, Hai Qingwu also gave up her plan to send people out to lay anti-tank mines.

There are no terrorists, but those mercenaries from all over the world are out-and-out veterans. Among them, there are many best snipers. To lay anti-tank mines under their noses is tantamount to destroying the enemy.

Go and die by your own men.

But when the battle started, everyone's eyes widened.

During World War II, there was a "famous general" in Japan. In order to reduce the chance of tanks being destroyed by American artillery, he came up with a trick, which was to dig a hole and drive the tank in, leaving only the turret outside.

.In this way, the tank's hit area was much smaller, the turret could still rotate, and it could bombard at 360 degrees... Needless to say, the result was that the tank lost its ability to move and became a fixed turret. All of them were blown up by American bombers in an understatement.

Scrap iron.

Because he invented the tactic of tanks entering pits, the Japanese "famous general" was forever listed in the annals of tank warfare for future generations to admire and express heartfelt admiration... What a fucking idiot!

And today, Mustanfa actually made the same shocking mistake. God knows if he particularly admired Hitler and liked the tank blitzkrieg that was most commonly used by Germany in World War II. He actually ordered the use of eleven T80s
To be continued...